Subject: Re: NetBSD logo design competition
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Christian Biere <christianbiere@gmx.de>
List: current-users
Date: 01/17/2004 18:30:38
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Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> All these sorts of ideas have a serious problem, which is that they
> look crappy when reproduced in a variety of sizes and are far too
> complicated.

I think the problem is that many people want a logo with a wow factor
that expresses how great NetBSD is.

> Look at the logos of IBM or Apple -- you don't see giant allegorical

Finding a logo for Apple was trivial, of course. BananaBSD? IBM
might have realized that a logo doesn't have to be cool but simply
recognizable. OTOH, whatever logo they chosed, almost everybody would
know it by now, anyway.

Maybe there's also a little mascot vs. logo confusion. For example,
FatDonald's has a big rounded F as logo but a stupid clown as
mascot. So, NetBSD could still have Beastie as mascot but a=20
absolutely different logo and where appropriate (i.e., enough space)
both could be combined.

The attached picture might provide some inspiration. It's exported
from the vector drawing, if someone is interested.

--=20
Christian

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